{"id":218,"date":"2008-08-15T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2008-08-27T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T10:52:11","slug":"verse-1-part-5-sri-radha-is-jayashri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/verse-1-part-5-sri-radha-is-jayashri\/","title":{"rendered":"Verse 1- Part 5 – ‘Sri Radha’ is ‘Jayashri’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has also translated \u2018Jayashri<\/em><\/strong>‘ as \u2018Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2’<\/strong>.\u00a0 He says that, \u2018Jayashri’<\/em> refers to the one who is brilliant in all the arts – dice-game, humour, water-sports and lovemaking. She always relishes the nectar of the tip of Sri Krishna’s toenail blissfully.\u00a0 There is another reason for conferring the title \u2018Jayashri’<\/em> on Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 – She is able to defeat Gouri, Arundhati and even the maidens of Vraja in beauty, fortune, chastity and wit.\u00a0 Hence, She is called \u2018Jayashri<\/em>‘.\u00a0 \u2018Shri’ means, \u2018Laxmi’.\u00a0 This Laxmi is a part of Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2. Sri Krishna is Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> Himself. N\u00e2r\u00e2yan is His \u2018amsha<\/em>‘1<\/sup><\/a>. Similarly, Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 is Sri Krishna’s original root potency and Laxmi Devi is Her amsha<\/em>. Scriptures such as Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam refer to Sri Krishna as N\u00e2r\u00e2yan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sri Krishna is the \u2018original N\u00e2r\u00e2yan’<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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n\u00e2r\u00e2yanastvam<\/em> na hi sarvadehin\u00e2m – \u00e2tmasya<\/em>–dhisha – akhila –<\/em><\/p>\n

loka – s\u00e2kshi,<\/em><\/p>\n

n\u00e2r\u00e2yano’<\/em> ngam nara-bhuja – layanat – tach – chapi satyam na tavalva maya<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

– [S.B.10.14.4]<\/p>\n

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Sri Chaitanya-Charit\u00e2mrita has explained this verse very beautifully. After the \u2018Brahma-Mohan Leel\u00e2’ (Enchantment of Sri Brahm\u00e2), Lord Brahm\u00e2 is glorifying Sri Krishna in the following manner –<\/p>\n

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“Brahm\u00e2 says: You are the original N\u00e2r\u00e2yan. I shall tell You the reasons for this. The first reason is that, You are the Super soul of all that exists inside and outside of You. There is no doubt about it. \u2018N\u00e2r’ means \u2018a collection of all’, while \u2018ayan’ means everyone’s shelter. Therefore, \u2018N\u00e2r\u00e2yan’ ultimately means that You are the shelter of everything collected together – that is, \u2018the Super soul of all’.<\/p>\n

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Please hear the second reason why I call You the \u2018original N\u00e2r\u00e2yan’. Your majesty is so abundant that it surpasses the magnificence of all the other incarnations that You manifest. You are the seed-giving Father and the source of everyone. Hence, I say that You are the root N\u00e2r\u00e2yan.<\/p>\n

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O Lord! Now I shall explain the third reason for calling You thus. In the infinite universes, there are infinite jivas.<\/em> They perform three types of karma<\/em>2<\/sup><\/a> and You are the sole Witness, sure and definite, of all their karma.<\/em> Everything exists because You protect them. Nothing can exist without Your care. You look after all that You shelter, so You are the root N\u00e2r\u00e2yan – the Protector.”<\/p>\n

– (C.C. – \u00c2di.2.26-37)<\/p>\n

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In Sri Brahma Samhit\u00e2, we see –<\/p>\n

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“vishnur-mahan sa iha yasya kala-vishesha,<\/em><\/p>\n

govidam-adi-purusham tamaham bhajami<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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Brahm\u00e2 is saying – “I pay obeisance to the primeval Lord Govinda Whose fragment is Sri Mah\u00e2vishnu.”<\/p>\n

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Hence, Sri Krishna is the primeval N\u00e2r\u00e2yan and Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 is the primeval Laxmi.\u00a0 Sri Kavir\u00e2j Gosw\u00e2mi has written in Sri Chaitanya-Charit\u00e2mrita –<\/p>\n

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“We may classify the consorts of Sri Krishna into three categories<\/p>\n